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- ↑ Berita Satu 28 August 2014 RRI Ambon Abadikan Musisi George de Fretes Sebagai Nama Auditorium
- ↑ Recollecting Resonances: Indonesian-Dutch Musical Encounters Edited by Bart Barendregt and Els Boegerts Page 286 Chapter twelve, Rein Spoorman
- ↑ Indo-Rock-Gallery Wanda & Joyce
- ↑ Eastindonesia.com Wanda & Joyce
- ↑ Recollecting Resonances: Indonesian-Dutch Musical Encounters Edited by Bart Barendregt and Els Boegerts Page 286 Chapter twelve, Rein Spoorman
- ↑ The Waikiki Islanders website Rudi Wairata, *1958* *1958*
- ↑ The Fanzine 17.11.15 Turn Down for Everything: An Annotated Playlist - Molly Brodak
- ↑ Bluesharmonica.nl Hawaiian muziek met o.a de Kilima Hawaiians en George de Fretes. In later years, de Fretes moved to the United States where he resided in California, DEEL 2:
- ↑ BBC Music, George de Fretes
- ↑ Find A Grave Frits George De Fretes
- ↑ Concertzender.nl Saturday 15 March 2014 23:00 - 00:00 Exitos Musicales, Surata Istana of Krontjong Minstrels led by George De Fretes (repeat).
- ↑ Sam Sam Music George de Fretes and his Royal Hawaiian Minstrels - The Home Recordings Vol.5
- ↑ Recollecting Resonances: Indonesian-Dutch Musical Encounters Edited by Bart Barendregt and Els Boegerts Page 286 Chapter twelve, Rein Spoorman
- ↑ Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance: An Active Approach Page 295
- ↑ Concealment, Maintenance and Renaissance: language and ethnicity in the Moluccan community in The Netherlands Page 24
- ↑ The Waikiki Islanders Rudi Wairata *1950* *1950*
- ↑ University of Hawaii Hawaiian Music Collection, Song Title: Ou' Oelate
- ↑ Bluesharmonica.nl Hawaiian muziek met o.a de Kilima Hawaiians en George de Fretes, DEEL 2:
- ↑ The Power Of Indonesia The Tielman Brothers, The greatest Indorock legend
- ↑ BMG; Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar Page 294
- ↑ Pedalpro.co.uk Jan Visser awarded at the CISGF 2010 by Jan Visser and Digby Hardy Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Discogs George de Fretes Discography, Albums
- ↑ Discogs George de Fretes Discography, Albums
